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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1937 Tour de France
| name = 1937 Tour de France
| image = Tour de France 1937.png
| image = Route of the 1937 Tour de France.png
| image_caption = Route of the 1937 Tour de France<br />Followed clockwise, starting in Paris
| image_caption = Route of the 1937 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Paris
| image_alt =
| image_alt =
| date = 30 June–25 July 1937
| image_size = 360px
| stages = 20 (31 including split stages)
| date = 30 June – 25 July 1937
| stages = 20, including eight split stages
| distance = 4415
| distance = 4415
| unit = km
| unit = km
| time = 138h 58' 31"
| time = 138h 58' 31"
| speed = 31.768
| first = [[Roger Lapébie]]
| first = [[Roger Lapébie]]
| first_nat = France
| first_nat = FRA
| first_natvar =
| first_color = yellow
| first_color = yellow
| first_team = France
| first_team = France
| second = [[Mario Vicini]]
| second = [[Mario Vicini]]
| second_nat = Italy
| second_nat = ITA
| second_natvar = 1861
| second_natvar = 1861
| second_team = Individual<ref name="Vicini"/>
| second_team = Individual{{efn|name=Vicini|Vicini had started as an individual, but was added to the Italian team after stage 18a.}}
| third = [[Léo Amberg]]
| third = [[Léo Amberg]]
| third_nat = Switzerland
| third_nat = SUI
| third_natvar =
| third_team = Switzerland
| third_team = Switzerland
| team = France
| team = France
| mountains = [[Félicien Vervaecke]]
| mountains = [[Félicien Vervaecke]]
| mountains_nat = Belgium
| mountains_nat = BEL
| mountains_natvar =
| mountains_team = Belgium
| mountains_team = Belgium
| previous = [[1936 Tour de France|1936]]
| previous = [[1936 Tour de France|1936]]
| next = [[1938 Tour de France|1938]]
| next = [[1938 Tour de France|1938]]
}}
}}
The '''1937 Tour de France''' was the 31st [[Tour de France]], taking place June 30 to July 25, 1937. It consisted of 20 stages with a total length of 4415&nbsp;km, ridden at an average speed of 31.768&nbsp;km/h.<ref name="guide">{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_06.pdf|title=Guide Historique|format=PDF|authorlink=Jacques Augendre|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|year=2009|accessdate=1 October 2009|language=French|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1254580608579206|archivedate=2009-10-03|deadurl=no}}</ref>
The '''1937 Tour de France''' was the 31st edition of the [[Tour de France]], taking place from 30 June to 25 July. It consisted of 20 stages with a total length of {{convert|4415|km|0|abbr=on}}.


[[Charles Holland (cyclist)|Charles Holland]] and Bill Burl became the first British cyclists to ride the Tour. Burl lasted only two stages, but Holland rode well until he was eliminated on stage 14C after mechanical problems.<ref name="veloarchive"/> The British Empire was also represented by the only non-European in the Tour: [[Canada|Canadian]] Pierre Gachon, who never completed the first stage. The complete Belgian team (including 1936 and 1939 winner [[Sylvère Maes]]) withdraw from the race because of "French chauvinism". Complaints from the Belgian team included of French spectators throwing stones at the Belgian team, closing train crossings, and throwing pepper in the eyes, and being punished unreasonable strictly (adding extra time in the standing) while French riders were hardly punished at all while being helped.
[[Charles Holland (cyclist)|Charles Holland]] and Bill Burl became the first British cyclists to ride the Tour. Burl lasted only two stages, but Holland rode well until he was eliminated on stage 14c after mechanical problems.<ref name="veloarchive"/> The British Empire was also represented by the only non-European in the Tour: Canadian Pierre Gachon, who never completed the first stage. The complete Belgian team (including 1936 and 1939 winner [[Sylvère Maes]]) withdraw from the race because of "French chauvinism". Complaints from the Belgian team included of French spectators throwing stones at the Belgian team, closing train crossings, and throwing pepper in the eyes, and being punished unreasonable strictly (adding extra time in the standing) while French riders were hardly punished at all while being helped.


The race was won by French cyclist Roger Lapébie.
The race was won by French cyclist Roger Lapébie.


==Innovations and changes==
==Changes from the 1936 Tour de France==
The Tours from 1903 to 1936 had all been organised by [[Henri Desgrange]], but during the 1936 Tour de France he had to stop due to health reasons, and [[Jacques Goddet]] took over. The Tour in 1937 was the first Tour where Goddet was in charge, and one of the first rules that he changed was to allow gear changes.<ref name="mdc1937"/><ref name="Gann">{{cite book|title=The Story of the Tour De France|last=McGann|first=Bill|coauthor=McGann, Carol|isbn= 98581805|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC&pg=PA139#v=onepage |publisher=dog ear publishing|year=2006|pages=132–139|accessdate=2010-01-15}}</ref>
The Tours from 1903 to 1936 had all been organised by [[Henri Desgrange]], but during the 1936 Tour de France he had to stop for health reasons, and [[Jacques Goddet]] took over. The Tour in 1937 was the first Tour where Goddet was in charge, and one of the first rules that he changed was to allow gear changes.<ref name="mdc1937"/>{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=132–139}} Each team had its own car with extra material to help with mechanical problems.<ref name="mdc1937"/>
Each team had its own car with extra material to help with mechanical problems.<ref name="mdc1937"/>


==Participants==
==Teams==
{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1937 Tour de France}}
The Italian team, that had been absent from the 1936 Tour de France, returned in 1937, after [[Benito Mussolini]] removed their boycott of the Tour, and selected new star [[Gino Bartali]], who had won the [[1936 Giro d'Italia|1936]] and [[1937 Giro d'Italia]], as the Italian team leader.<ref name="veloarchive"/><ref name="revealed">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/dec05/top25-16.html|title=1937- Tour Provides Great Racing Drama|work=Top 25 All Time Tours|author=Barry Boyce|year=2004|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref> The Italian team had 10 cyclists, just as the Belgian, German and French teams. There were also small teams of six cyclists: the Spanish, Dutch, Luxembourgian and Swiss teams. The last national team was the Great Britain-Canada team, consisting of two British cyclists and one Canadian.<ref name="mdc1937"/>


The Italian team, that had been absent from the 1936 Tour de France, returned in 1937, after [[Benito Mussolini]] removed their boycott of the Tour, and selected new star [[Gino Bartali]], who had won the [[1936 Giro d'Italia|1936]] and [[1937 Giro d'Italia]], as the Italian team leader.<ref name="veloarchive"/><ref name="revealed">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/dec05/top25-16.html|title=1937- Tour Provides Great Racing Drama|work=Top 25 All Time Tours|author=Barry Boyce|year=2004|access-date=14 January 2010}}</ref> The Italian team had 10 cyclists, just as the Belgian, German and French teams. There were also small teams of six cyclists: the Spanish, Dutch, Luxembourgian and Swiss teams. The last national team was the Great Britain-Canada team, consisting of two British cyclists and one Canadian.<ref name="letour-start-list">{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1937 – The starters|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1937/partants.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
The French team included [[Roger Lapébie]]. Lapébie had had a difficult relation with Desgrange. This had caused Lapébie to be out of the national team in 1935, and completely absent from the Tour in 1936. In 1937, Desgrange had retired, and Lapébie was back. In the month before the Tour started, Lapébie had undergone surgery for a lumbur hernia, and there were doubts about his form.<ref name="Gann"/>


The French team included [[Roger Lapébie]]. Lapébie had had a difficult relation with Desgrange. This had caused Lapébie to be out of the national team in 1935, and completely absent from the Tour in 1936. In 1937, Desgrange had retired, and Lapébie was back. In the month before the Tour started, Lapébie had undergone surgery for a lumbar hernia, and there were doubts about his form.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=132–139}}
There were also 31 cyclists riding as individuals.<ref name="mdc1937"/> These individuals were responsible for their own food and accommodation.<ref name="Gann"/>


There were also 31 cyclists riding as individuals.<ref name="mdc1937"/> These individuals were responsible for their own food and accommodation.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=132–139}}
==Race details==

[[File:Pierre Gallien in de Alpen - Pierre Gallien in the French Alps.jpg|thumb|right|Snowy, rocky mountains with in front a single cyclist|Cyclist Pierre Gallien climbing the Alps.]]
The teams entering the race were:
German Erich Bautz took the lead after the fourth stage, thanks to the bonification system that could give the winner of a stage some minutes bonification time.<ref name="veloarchive"/>
In the seventh stage, Bartali took the stage victory, and with that the lead in the general classification. He was nine minutes ahead of [[Ward Vissers]], and that could just be enough for the Tour victory.<ref name="veloarchive"/>
On the eighth stage, Bartali could not avoid his team mate [[Jules Rossi]] who crashed right in front of him, and Bartali fell into a river.<ref name="Gann"/><ref name="revealed"/> He got up and was able to finish the stage. He lost 10 minutes and kept the lead, but in the next stage he lost more than twenty minutes, and in the twelfth stage he gave up.<ref name="veloarchive"/>


{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
In the ninth stage, [[Sylvère Maes]] took over the lead, closely followed by [[Mario Vicini]] and [[Roger Lapébie]]. At that point, the French team was already down to six cyclists. These six cyclists had a meeting, and decided that Lapébie would be the team leader, as the rest of the team was already to far behind to have any chance for the final victory.<ref name="Gann"/>
* Belgium
* Italy
* Germany
* France
* Spain
* Netherlands
* Luxembourg
* Switzerland
* Great Britain/Canada
{{div col end}}


==Route and stages==
Before the start of the fifteenth stage, Lapébie found out that the frame of his bicycle had been sabotaged,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1937/histoire.html|title=The Tour - Year 1937|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref> causing his handlebars to break off.<ref name="revealed"/> Lapébie made quick repairs and just made it to the start of the stage, but his newly constructed bicycle did not have a water holder, and he had to start the stage without water.<ref name="Gann"/> This demotivated him, and Lapébie began losing time early in the stage. That stage included four mountains, and on top of the second mountain Lapébie was already five minutes behind, and wanted to give up. A team mate inspired him to go on, and Lapébie started to win back time. When Maes punctured, Lapébie was able to reach him, and at the end of the stage only [[Julián Berrendero]] was in front of them, and Lapébie won the sprint for the second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1937_15.php|publisher=Memoire du cyclisme|title=31ème Tour de France 1937 - 15ème étape|language=French|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref> This rewarded him with 45 seconds bonification time. When the tour directors gave him 90 seconds penalty time for having been pushed, the margin with Maes grew to more than three minutes, but Lapébie had sensed weakness in the Belgian team, and planned to attack in the next stage.<ref name="revealed"/> The Belgian team complained that the penalty was far too little, because Lapébie's advantage had been much more. The French team threatened to abandon the race if the penalty would be increased, and the Tour direction did not change the penalty.<ref name="Gann"/>


Stage 19b was an [[individual time trial]], stages 5b, 11b and 18a were [[team time trial]]s, although the victory was still given the cyclist who crossed the line first. At the start of the Tour, it was also the intention to run stages 12b, 13b, 14b and 17b as time trials,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k664240r/f6.zoom|publisher=Gallica|work=Le Petit Parisien|date=30 June 1937|access-date=27 September 2015|language=fr|title=La grande aventure commence... En selle pour 4.410 kilometres!}}</ref> but during the Tour the organisation changed the format. The [[List of highest points reached in the Tour de France|highest point of elevation in the race]] was {{convert|2556|m|ft|abbr=on}} at the summit tunnel of the [[Col du Galibier]] mountain pass on stage 7.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|pp=177–178}}<ref>{{cite news|title=De Ronde van Frankrijk|trans-title=The Tour de France|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011172623:mpeg21:p010|work=[[De Gooi- en Eemlander]]|date=7 July 1937|page=10|language=nl|via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref>
In the sixteenth stage Lapébie finished ahead of Maes, and cut the margin down to only 25 seconds, but with only flat stage that could be enough for Maes.<ref name="veloarchive"/> During that sixteenth stage, Maes had punctured, and had been help by two Belgian cyclists, [[Gustaaf Deloor]] and [[Adolf Braeckeveldt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1937_16.php|publisher=Memoire du cyclisme|title=31ème Tour de France 1937 - 16ème étape|language=French|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref> However, these Belgian cyclists rode as "individuals", and were not part of the Belgian team. The Tour jury then fined Maes with 15 seconds penalty time in the general classification. During the race, a train crossing had been closed just after Lapébie had passed, and just before Maes was about to pass.<ref name="Gann"/> Maes was offended by all this, and quit the race, together with the rest of the Belgian team.<ref name="veloarchive"/>


From that point on, it was easy for Lapébie to secure his victory.
==Stages==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Stage results<ref name="mdc1937">{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1937.php|publisher=Memoire du cyclisme|title=31ème Tour de France 1937|language=French|accessdate=5 October 2009|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5kNEUjzT2|archivedate=2009-10-08|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="topten">{{cite web|url=http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1937|title=Tour de France GC Top Ten|author=Arian Zwegers|publisher=CVCC|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5gWiBhPaH|archivedate=2009-05-04|deadurl=no|accessdate=2009-04-20}}</ref>
|+ Stage characteristics and winners<ref name="mdc1937">{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1937.php |publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme |title=31ème Tour de France 1937 |language=fr |access-date=5 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720082933/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1937.php |archive-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=35}}<ref name="topten">{{cite web|url=http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1937 |title=Tour de France GC top ten |author=Arian Zwegers |publisher=CVCC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071832/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html |archive-date=16 May 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=20 April 2009 }}</ref><ref name="letour-stage-winners">{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1937 – The stage winners|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1937/vainqueurs.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
!Stage
! scope="col" | Stage
! scope="col" | Date
!Date<ref name="guide2">{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_03.pdf|format=PDF|authorlink=Jacques Augendre|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|year=2009|accessdate=15 January 2010|language=French|title=Guide Historique, part 3}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Course
!Route
! scope="col" | Distance
!Terrain<ref group="Notes">The icons shown here indicate whether the stage was run as a time trial, the stage was flat or the stage included mountains for the mountains classification.</ref>
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type{{efn|name=icons|The icons shown here indicate whether the stage was run as a time trial, the stage was flat or the stage included mountains for the mountains classification.}}
!Length
!Winner
! scope="col" | Winner
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 1|1]]
|align="right"|1 ||30 June|| Paris – [[Lille]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|263|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Jean Majerus]]|LUX}}
| style="text-align:center;" |30 June|| Paris to [[Lille]] ||{{convert|263|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Jean Majerus]]|LUX}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 2|2]]
|align="right"|2 ||1 July|| Lille – [[Charleville-Mézières|Charleville]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|192|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Maurice Archambaud]]|FRA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |1 July|| [[Lille]] to [[Charleville-Mézières|Charleville]] ||{{convert|192|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Maurice Archambaud]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 3|3]]
|align="right"|3 ||2 July|| Charleville – [[Metz]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|161|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Walter Generati]]|ITA|1861}}
| style="text-align:center;" |2 July|| [[Charleville-Mézières|Charleville]] to [[Metz]] ||{{convert|161|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Walter Generati]]|ITA|1861}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 4|4]]
|align="right"|4 ||3 July|| Metz – [[Belfort]] || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Stage with mountain(s) || {{convert|220|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Erich Bautz]]|GER|Nazi}}
| style="text-align:center;" |3 July|| [[Metz]] to [[Belfort]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|220|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Erich Bautz]]|GER|Nazi}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 5a|5a]]
|align="right"|5A ||rowspan="3"|4 July|| Belfort – [[Lons-le-Saunier]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|175|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Henri Puppo]]|FRA}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |4 July|| [[Belfort]] to [[Lons-le-Saunier]] ||{{convert|175|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Henri Puppo]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 5b|5b]]
|align="right"|5B || Lons-le-Saunier – [[Champagnole]] || [[File:History.gif|link=Team time trial|22px]] [[Team time trial]] || {{convert|34|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Sylvère Maes]]|BEL}}
| [[Lons-le-Saunier]] to [[Champagnole]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|34|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|link=Team time trial|20px|alt=]] || [[Team time trial]] || {{flagathlete|[[Sylvère Maes]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 5c|5c]]
|align="right"|5C || Champagnole – [[Geneva]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|93|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Leo Amberg]]|SUI}}
| [[Champagnole]] to [[Geneva]] ||{{convert|93|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Leo Amberg]]|SUI}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |
|align="right"|6 ||6 July|| Geneva – [[Aix-les-Bains]] || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Stage with mountain(s) || {{convert|180|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Gustaaf Deloor]]|BEL}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 July
| colspan="2" | [[Geneva]]
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 6|6]]
|align="right"|7 ||7 July|| Aix-les-Bains – [[Grenoble]] || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Stage with mountain(s) || {{convert|228|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA|1861}}
| style="text-align:center;" |6 July|| [[Geneva]] to [[Aix-les-Bains]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|180|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Gustaaf Deloor]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 7|7]]
|align="right"|8 ||8 July|| Grenoble – [[Briançon]] || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Stage with mountain(s) || {{convert|194|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Otto Weckerling]]|GER|Nazi}}
| style="text-align:center;" |7 July|| [[Aix-les-Bains]] to [[Grenoble]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|228|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA|1861}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 8|8]]
|align="right"|9 ||9 July|| Briançon – [[Digne]] || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Stage with mountain(s) || {{convert|220|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]|FRA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |8 July|| [[Grenoble]] to [[Briançon]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|194|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Otto Weckerling]]|GER|Nazi}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 9|9]]
|align="right"|10 ||11 July|| Digne – [[Nice, France|Nice]] || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Stage with mountain(s) || {{convert|251|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Félicien Vervaecke]]|BEL}}
| style="text-align:center;" |9 July|| [[Briançon]] to [[Digne]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|220|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |
|align="right"|11A ||rowspan="2"|13 July|| Nice – [[Toulon]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|169|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Eloi Meulenberg]]|BEL}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 July
| colspan="2" | [[Digne]]
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 10|10]]
|align="right"|11B || Toulon – [[Marseille]] || [[File:History.gif|link=Team time trial|22px]] [[Team time trial]] || {{convert|65|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Gustaaf Danneels]]|BEL}}
| style="text-align:center;" |11 July|| [[Digne]] to [[Nice]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|251|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Félicien Vervaecke]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |
|align="right"|12A ||rowspan="2"|14 July|| Marseille – [[Nîmes]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|112|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Alphonse Antoine]]|FRA}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 12 July
| colspan="2" | [[Nice]]
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 11a|11a]]
|align="right"|12B || Nîmes – [[Montpellier]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|51|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[René Pedroli]]|SUI}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |13 July|| [[Nice]] to [[Toulon]] ||{{convert|169|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Éloi Meulenberg]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 11b|11b]]
|align="right"|13A ||rowspan="2"|15 July|| Montpellier – [[Narbonne]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|103|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Francesco Camusso]]|ITA|1861}}
| [[Toulon]] to [[Marseille]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|65|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|link=Team time trial|20px|alt=]] || [[Team time trial]] || {{flagathlete|[[Gustaaf Danneels]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 12a|12a]]
|align="right"|13B || Narbonne – [[Perpignan]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|63|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Eloi Meulenberg]]|BEL}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |14 July|| [[Marseille]] to [[Nîmes]] ||{{convert|112|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Alphonse Antoine]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 12b|12b]]
|align="right"|14A ||rowspan="3"|17 July|| Perpignan – [[Bourg-Madame]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|99|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Eloi Meulenberg]]|BEL}}
| [[Nîmes]] to [[Montpellier]] ||{{convert|51|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[René Pedroli]]|SUI}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 13a|13a]]
|align="right"|14B || Bourg-Madame – [[Ax-les-Thermes]] || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Stage with mountain(s) || {{convert|59|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Mariano Canardo]]|ESP|1931}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |15 July|| [[Montpellier]] to [[Narbonne]] ||{{convert|103|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Francesco Camusso]]|ITA|1861}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 13b|13b]]
|align="right"|14C || Ax-les-Thermes – [[Luchon]] || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Stage with mountain(s) || {{convert|167|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Eloi Meulenberg]]|BEL}}
| [[Narbonne]] to [[Perpignan]] ||{{convert|63|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Éloi Meulenberg]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |
|align="right"|15 ||19 July|| Luchon – [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Stage with mountain(s) || {{convert|194|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Julian Berrendero]]|ESP|1931}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 July
| colspan="2" | [[Perpignan]]
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 14a|14a]]
|align="right"|16 ||21 July|| Pau – [[Bordeaux]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|235|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Chocque]]|FRA}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |17 July|| [[Perpignan]] to [[Bourg-Madame]] ||{{convert|99|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Éloi Meulenberg]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 14b|14b]]
|align="right"|17A ||rowspan="3"|22 July|| Bordeaux – [[Royan]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|123|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Erich Bautz]]|GER|Nazi}}
| [[Bourg-Madame]] to [[Ax-les-Thermes]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|59|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Mariano Cañardo]]|ESP|1936}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 14c|14c]]
|align="right"|17B || Royan – [[Saintes, Charente-Maritime|Saintes]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|37|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Adolph Braeckeveldt]]|BEL}}<br/>{{flagathlete|[[Heinz Wengler]]|GER|Nazi}}<ref group="Notes">Braeckeveldt and Wengler were both declared winner of stage 17B, and split the bonification time.</ref>
| [[Ax-les-Thermes]] to [[Luchon]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|167|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Éloi Meulenberg]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |
|align="right"|17C || Saintes – [[La Rochelle]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|67|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]|FRA}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 18 July
| colspan="2" | [[Luchon]]
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 15|15]]
|align="right"|18A ||rowspan="2"|23 July|| La Rochelle – [[La Roche-sur-Yon]] || [[File:History.gif|link=Team time trial|22px]] [[Team time trial]] || {{convert|82|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]|FRA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |19 July|| [[Luchon]] to [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|194|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) || {{flagathlete|[[Julián Berrendero]]|ESP|1936}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |
|align="right"|18B || La Roche-sur-Yon – [[Rennes]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|172|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Chocque]]|FRA}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 July
| colspan="2" | [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]]
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 16|16]]
|align="right"|19A ||rowspan="2"|24 July|| Rennes – [[Vire]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|114|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Passat]]|FRA}}
| style="text-align:center;" |21 July|| [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] to [[Bordeaux]] ||{{convert|235|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Chocque]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 17a|17a]]
|align="right"|19B || Vire – [[Caen]] || [[File:History.gif|link=Individual time trial|22px]] [[Individual time trial]] || {{convert|59|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Leo Amberg]]|SUI}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |22 July|| [[Bordeaux]] to [[Royan]] ||{{convert|123|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Erich Bautz]]|GER|Nazi}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 17b|17b]]
|align="right"|20 ||25 July|| Caen – [[Paris]] || [[File:Plainstage.svg|alt=|link=|22px]] Plain stage ||{{convert|234|km|mi|abbr=on}} || {{flagathlete|[[Edward Vissers]]|BEL}}
| [[Royan]] to [[Saintes, Charente-Maritime|Saintes]] ||{{convert|37|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Adolph Braeckeveldt]]|BEL}}<br/>{{flagathlete|[[Heinz Wengler]]|GER|Nazi}}{{efn|name=stage-17b|Braeckeveldt and Wengler were both declared winner of stage 17b, and split the bonification time.}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 17c|17c]]
| [[Le Saint|Saint]]es to [[La Rochelle]] ||{{convert|67|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]|FRA}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 18a|18a]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |23 July|| [[La Rochelle]] to [[La Roche-sur-Yon]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|82|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|link=Team time trial|20px|alt=]] || [[Team time trial]] || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]|FRA}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 18b|18b]]
| [[La Roche-sur-Yon]] to [[Rennes]] ||{{convert|172|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Chocque]]|FRA}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 19a|19a]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |24 July|| [[Rennes]] to [[Vire]] ||{{convert|114|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Passat]]|FRA}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 19b|19b]]
| [[Vire]] to [[Caen]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|59|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|link=Individual time trial|20px|alt=]] || [[Individual time trial]] || {{flagathlete|[[Leo Amberg]]|SUI}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 20|20]]
| style="text-align:center;" |25 July|| [[Caen]] to Paris ||{{convert|234|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage || {{flagathlete|[[Edward Vissers]]|BEL}}
|-
! scope="row" |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Total
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| {{convert|4415|km|0|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=108}}
|}
|}


==Race overview==
Stage 19B was an [[individual time trial]], stages 5B, 11B and 18A were [[team time trial]]s, although the victory was still given the cyclist who crossed the line first.
{{main|1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b|1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20}}
[[File:Roger Lapébie.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A man holding a prize cup|[[Roger Lapébie]] being honoured for his [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]] win in the 1937 Tour in Paris]]
German Erich Bautz took the lead after the fourth stage, thanks to the bonification system that could give the winner of a stage some minutes bonification time.<ref name="veloarchive"/>
In the seventh stage, Bartali took the stage victory, and with that the lead in the general classification. He was nine minutes ahead of [[Ward Vissers]], and that could just be enough for the Tour victory.<ref name="veloarchive"/>
On the eighth stage, Bartali could not avoid his teammate [[Jules Rossi]] who crashed right in front of him, and Bartali fell into a river.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=132–139}}<ref name="revealed"/> He got up and was able to finish the stage. He lost 10 minutes and kept the lead, but in the next stage he lost more than twenty minutes, and in the twelfth stage he gave up.<ref name="veloarchive"/>

In the ninth stage, [[Sylvère Maes]] took over the lead, closely followed by [[Mario Vicini]] and [[Roger Lapébie]]. At that point, the French team was already down to six cyclists. These six cyclists had a meeting, and decided that Lapébie would be the team leader, as the rest of the team was already to far behind to have any chance for the final victory.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=132–139}}

Before the start of the fifteenth stage, Lapébie found out that the frame of his bicycle had been sabotaged,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1937/histoire.html|title=The Tour - Year 1937|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=14 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716153441/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1937/histoire.html|archive-date=16 July 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> causing his handlebars to break off.<ref name="revealed"/> Lapébie made quick repairs and just made it to the start of the stage, but his newly constructed bicycle did not have a water holder, and he had to start the stage without water.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=132–139}} This demotivated him, and Lapébie began losing time early in the stage. That stage included four mountains, and on top of the second mountain Lapébie was already five minutes behind, and wanted to give up. A teammate inspired him to go on, and Lapébie started to win back time. When Maes punctured, Lapébie was able to reach him, and at the end of the stage only [[Julián Berrendero]] was in front of them, and Lapébie won the sprint for the second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1937_15.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320164032/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1937_15.php|archive-date=20 March 2012|access-date=28 October 2016|url-status=dead|publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme|title=31ème Tour de France 1937 - 15ème étape|language=fr}}</ref> This rewarded him with 45 seconds bonification time. When the tour directors gave him 90 seconds penalty time for having been pushed, the margin with Maes grew to more than three minutes, but Lapébie had sensed weakness in the Belgian team, and planned to attack in the next stage.<ref name="revealed"/> The Belgian team complained that the penalty was far too little, because Lapébie's advantage had been much more. The French team threatened to abandon the race if the penalty would be increased, and the Tour direction did not change the penalty.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=132–139}}

In the sixteenth stage Lapébie finished ahead of Maes, and cut the margin down to only 25 seconds, but with only flat stage that could be enough for Maes.<ref name="veloarchive"/> During that sixteenth stage, Maes had punctured, and had been help by two Belgian cyclists, [[Gustaaf Deloor]] and [[Adolf Braeckeveldt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1937_16.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320164042/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1937_16.php|archive-date=20 March 2012|access-date=28 October 2016|url-status=dead|publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme|title=31ème Tour de France 1937 - 16ème étape|language=fr}}</ref> However, these Belgian cyclists rode as "individuals", and were not part of the Belgian team. The Tour jury then fined Maes with 15 seconds penalty time in the general classification. During the race, a train crossing had been closed just after Lapébie had passed, and just before Maes was about to pass.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=132–139}} Maes was offended by all this, and quit the race, together with the rest of the Belgian team.<ref name="veloarchive"/> From that point on, it was easy for Lapébie to secure his victory.

==Classification leadership and minor prizes==

The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the [[general classification in the Tour de France|general classification]]. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey. Leo Amberg became the first Swiss cyclist to reach the podium of the general classification in the Tour de France.<ref name="mdc1937"/>

For the [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|mountains classification]], 17 mountains were selected by the Tour organisation. After the last mountain in the fifteenth stage, the classification was won by [[Félicien Vervaecke]]. Vervaecke did not finish the Tour, but in 1937 that was not needed to win the mountains classification.

The [[Team classification in the Tour de France|team classification]] was calculated in 1937 by adding up the times of the best three cyclists of a team; the team with the least time was the winner. The time for the Spanish team, which finished with only two cyclists, was calculated by adding the time of the final rider in the general classification, plus one hour penalty time. The Belgian, Dutch, and British-Canadian teams did not finish with two or more cyclists, so they were not eligible for the team classification.


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller; clear:both;"
== Classification leadership ==
|+Classification leadership by stage<ref name="tdf-statistics">{{cite web|last=van den Akker|first=Pieter|title=Informatie over de Tour de France van 1937|trans-title=Information about the Tour de France from 1937|url=http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1937|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302050017/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1937|archive-date=2 March 2019|language=nl|website=TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl|access-date=2 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"
|-
|-
! style="width:1%;"| Stage
! scope="col" style="width:1%;"| Stage
! style="width:17%;"| [[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]]<br />[[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|25px|link=]]
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| Winner
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| [[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]]<br />[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|25px|link=]]
! style="width:17%;"| [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]{{efn|name=mountains-jersey|No jersey was awarded to the leader of the mountains classification until a white jersey with red [[polka dot]]s was introduced in [[1975 Tour de France|1975]].{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=454}}}}
! style="width:17%;"| Classification for individuals
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| Classification for individuals
! style="width:17%;"| [[Team classification]]
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| [[Team classification in the Tour de France|Team classification]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 1|1]]
! 1
| style="background:yellow;" rowspan="2"| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Majerus]]|LUX}}
| [[Jean Majerus]]
| style="background:white;" rowspan="3"| ''no award''
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="2"| [[Jean Majerus]]
| rowspan="3"| ''no award''
| style="background:lightgrey;" rowspan="10"| {{flagathlete|[[Adolphe Braeckeveldt]]|BEL}}
| rowspan="10"| [[Adolphe Braeckeveldt]]
| style="background:orange;"| {{LUX}}
| Luxembourg
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 2|2]]
! 2
| [[Maurice Archambaud]]
| style="background:orange;"| {{FRA}}
|| France
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 3|3]]
! 3
| [[Walter Generati]]
| style="background:yellow;"| {{flagathlete|[[Marcel Kint]]|BEL}}
| style="background:orange;"| {{BEL}}
| style="background:#FFEB64;"| [[Marcel Kint]]
| Belgium
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 4|4]]
! 4
| style="background:yellow;" rowspan="5"| {{flagathlete|[[Erich Bautz]]|GER|Nazi}}
| [[Erich Bautz]]
| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="4"| {{flagathlete|[[Erich Bautz]]|GER|Nazi}}
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="5"| [[Erich Bautz]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Erich Bautz]]
| style="background:orange;"| {{flag|Germany|Nazi}}
| Germany
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 5a|5a]]
! 5a
| [[Henri Puppo]]
| style="background:orange;" rowspan="3"| {{LUX}}
| rowspan="3"| Luxembourg
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 5b|5b]]
! 5b
| [[Sylvère Maes]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 5c|5c]]
! 5c
| [[Leo Amberg]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 6|6]]
! 6
| [[Gustaaf Deloor]]
| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="3"| {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA|1861}}
| rowspan="3"| [[Gino Bartali]]
| style="background:orange;"| {{BEL}}
|| Belgium
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 7|7]]
! 7
| style="background:yellow;" rowspan="2"| {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA|1861}}
| [[Gino Bartali]]
| style="background:orange;" rowspan="2"| {{FRA}}
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="2"| [[Gino Bartali]]
| rowspan="2"| France
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 8|8]]
! 8
| [[Otto Weckerling]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 9|9]]
! 9
| [[Roger Lapébie]]
| style="background:yellow;" rowspan="13"| {{flagathlete|[[Sylvère Maes]]|BEL}}
| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="21"| {{flagathlete|[[Félicien Vervaecke]]|BEL}}
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="13"| [[Sylvère Maes]]
| style="background:lightgrey;" rowspan="21"| {{flagathlete|[[Mario Vicini]]|ITA}}
| rowspan="21"| [[Félicien Vervaecke]]
| style="background:orange;" rowspan="13"| {{BEL}}
| rowspan="21"| [[Mario Vicini]]
| rowspan="13"| Belgium
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 10|10]]
! 10
| [[Félicien Vervaecke]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 11a|11a]]
! 11a
| [[Éloi Meulenberg]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 11b|11b]]
! 11b
| [[Gustaaf Danneels]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 12a|12a]]
! 12a
| [[Alphonse Antoine]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b#Stage 12b|12b]]
! 12b
| [[René Pedroli]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 13a|13a]]
! 13a
| [[Francesco Camusso]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 13b|13b]]
! 13b
| [[Éloi Meulenberg]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 14a|14a]]
! 14a
| [[Éloi Meulenberg]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 14b|14b]]
! 14b
| [[Mariano Cañardo]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 14c|14c]]
! 14c
| [[Éloi Meulenberg]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 15|15]]
! 15
| [[Julián Berrendero]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 16|16]]
! 16
| [[Paul Chocque]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 17a|17a]]
! 17a
| [[Erich Bautz]]
| style="background:yellow;" rowspan="8"| {{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]|FRA}}
| style="background:orange;" rowspan="8"| {{FRA}}
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="8"| [[Roger Lapébie]]
| rowspan="8"| France
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 17b|17b]]
! 17b
| [[Adolph Braeckeveldt]]<br>[[Heinz Wengler]]{{efn|name=stage-17b}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 17c|17c]]
! 17c
| [[Roger Lapébie]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 18a|18a]]
! 18a
| [[Roger Lapébie]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 18b|18b]]
! 18b
| [[Paul Chocque]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 19a|19a]]
! 19a
| [[Raymond Passat]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 19b|19b]]
! 19b
| [[Leo Amberg]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20#Stage 20|20]]
! 20
| [[Edward Vissers]]
|-
|-
! '''Final'''
! colspan="2" | Final
! style="background:gold;"|{{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]|FRA}}
! style="background:#FFDB00;"|[[Roger Lapébie]]
! style="background:#cc4e5c;"|{{flagathlete|[[Félicien Vervaecke]]|BEL}}
! [[Félicien Vervaecke]]
! style="background:darkgrey;"|{{flagathlete|[[Mario Vicini]]|ITA}}
! [[Mario Vicini]]
! France
! style="background:#ff8c00;"|{{FRA}}
|}
|}

==Results==
===Final general classification===
==Final standings==

[[File:Roger Lapébie.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A man holding a prize cup|Frenchman Roger Lapébie, being honoured for his victory in the 1937 Tour de France in Paris.]]The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the [[general classification in the Tour de France|general classification]]. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.
===General classification===
Leo Amberg became the first Swiss cyclist to reach the podium of the general classification in the Tour de France.<ref name="mdc1937"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:38em;margin-bottom:0em;"
{| class="wikitable" style="width:38em; margin-bottom:0;"
|+ Final general classification (1–10)<ref name="mdc1937"/><ref name="elmgen"/>
|+ Final general classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-class-final">{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1937 – Stage 20 Caen > Paris|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1937/2000/etape.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Rider!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Time
|-
|-
! scope="row" |1
|style="text-align:center;"|1 || {{flagathlete|'''[[Roger Lapébie]]'''|FRA}} [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|Lapébie was awarded the final yellow jersey as general classification winner|alt=Yellow jersey]]||France||align=right| 138h 58' 31"
| {{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]|FRA}} ||France|| style="text-align:right;" | 138h 58' 31"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |2
|style="text-align:center;"|2 || {{flagathlete|[[Mario Vicini]]|ITA|1861}}||Individual<ref name="Vicini">Vicini had started as an individual, but was added to the Italian team after stage 18A.</ref>||align=right| +7' 17"
| {{flagathlete|[[Mario Vicini]]|ITA|1861}}||Individual{{efn|name=Vicini}}|| style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 17"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |3
|style="text-align:center;"|3 || {{flagathlete|[[Leo Amberg]]|SUI}} ||Switzerland||align=right| +26' 13"
| {{flagathlete|[[Leo Amberg]]|SUI}} ||Switzerland|| style="text-align:right;" | + 26' 13"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |4
|style="text-align:center;"|4 || {{flagathlete|[[Francesco Camusso]]|ITA|1861}}||Italy ||align=right| +26' 53"
| {{flagathlete|[[Francesco Camusso]]|ITA|1861}}||Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 26' 53"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |5
|style="text-align:center;"|5 || {{flagathlete|[[Sylvain Marcaillou]]|FRA}}||France ||align=right| +35' 36"
| {{flagathlete|[[Sylvain Marcaillou]]|FRA}}||France || style="text-align:right;" | + 35' 36"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |6
|style="text-align:center;"|6 || {{flagathlete|[[Edouard Vissers]]|BEL}}||Individual ||align=right| +38' 13"
| {{flagathlete|[[Edouard Vissers]]|BEL}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 38' 13"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |7
|style="text-align:center;"|7 || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Chocque]]|FRA}}||France ||align=right| +1h 05' 19"
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Chocque]]|FRA}}||France || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 05' 19"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |8
|style="text-align:center;"|8 || {{flagathlete|[[Pierre Gallien]]|FRA}} ||Individual||align=right| +1h 06' 33"
| {{flagathlete|[[Pierre Gallien]]|FRA}} ||Individual|| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 06' 33"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |9
|style="text-align:center;"|9 || {{flagathlete|[[Erich Bautz]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany ||align=right| +1h 06' 41"
| {{flagathlete|[[Erich Bautz]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 06' 41"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |10
|style="text-align:center;"|10 || {{flagathlete|[[Jean Frechaut]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 24' 34"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Frechaut]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 24' 34"
|}
|}
{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:38em;margin-top:0em;"
{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:38em;margin-top:-1px;"
|-
|-
!colspan=4|Final general classification (11–46)
! scope="col" colspan="4" | Final general classification (11–46)<ref name="letour-class-final" />
|-
|-
!Rank!!Rider!!Sponsor!!Time
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Rider!! scope="col" | Sponsor!! scope="col" | Time
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 11
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || {{flagathlete|[[Herbert Muller (cyclist)|Herbert Muller]]|BEL}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 26' 51"
| {{flagathlete|[[Herbert Muller (cyclist)|Herbert Muller]]|BEL}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 26' 51"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 12
| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Passat]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 27' 58"
| {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Passat]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 27' 58"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 13
| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || {{flagathlete|[[Marcel Laurent]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 31' 57"
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcel Laurent]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 31' 57"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 14
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || {{flagathlete|[[Oskar Thierbach]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany ||align=right| +1h 34' 27"
| {{flagathlete|[[Oskar Thierbach]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 34' 27"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 15
| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || {{flagathlete|[[Julian Berrendero]]|ESP|1931}}||Spain ||align=right| +1h 34' 48"
| {{flagathlete|[[Julián Berrendero]]|ESP|1936}}||Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 34' 48"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 16
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || {{flagathlete|[[Gustaaf Deloor]]|BEL}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 36' 03"
| {{flagathlete|[[Gustaaf Deloor]]|BEL}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 36' 03"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 17
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || {{flagathlete|[[Victor Cosson]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 38' 55"
| {{flagathlete|[[Victor Cosson]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 38' 55"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 18
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || {{flagathlete|[[Jean-Marie Goasmat]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 39' 36"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean-Marie Goasmat]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 39' 36"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 19
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || {{flagathlete|[[Sauveur Ducazeaux]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 41' 21"
| {{flagathlete|[[Sauveur Ducazeaux]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 41' 21"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 20
| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || {{flagathlete|[[Robert Oubron]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 46' 09"
| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Oubron]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 46' 09"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 21
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || {{flagathlete|[[Robert Tanneveau]]|FRA}}||France ||align=right| +1h 47' 03"
| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Tanneveau]]|FRA}}||France || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 47' 03"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 22
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || {{flagathlete|[[Adolf Braeckeveldt]]|BEL}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 52' 29"
| {{flagathlete|[[Adolf Braeckeveldt]]|BEL}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 52' 29"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 23
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || {{flagathlete|[[Henri Puppo]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +1h 56' 38"
| {{flagathlete|[[Henri Puppo]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 56' 38"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 24
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || {{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Martano]]|ITA|1861}}||Italy ||align=right| +1h 58' 33"
| {{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Martano]]|ITA|1861}}||Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 58' 33"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 25
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || {{flagathlete|[[Fabien Galateau]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +2h 04' 20"
| {{flagathlete|[[Fabien Galateau]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 04' 20"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 26
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || {{flagathlete|[[Augusto Introzzi]]|ITA|1861}}||Italy ||align=right| +2h 09' 49"
| {{flagathlete|[[Augusto Introzzi]]|ITA|1861}}||Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 09' 49"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 27
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || {{flagathlete|[[Arsène Mersch]]|LUX}}||Luxembourg ||align=right| +2h 15' 43"
| {{flagathlete|[[Arsène Mersch]]|LUX}}||Luxembourg || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 15' 43"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 28
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || {{flagathlete|[[Ludwig Geyer]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany ||align=right| +2h 16' 31"
| {{flagathlete|[[Ludwig Geyer (cyclist)|Ludwig Geyer]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 16' 31"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 29
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || {{flagathlete|[[Paul Egli]]|SUI}}||Switzerland ||align=right| +2h 27' 54"
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Egli]]|SUI}}||Switzerland || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 27' 54"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 30
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || {{flagathlete|[[Mariano Canardo]]|ESP|1931}}||Spain ||align=right| +2h 35' 11"
| {{flagathlete|[[Mariano Cañardo]]|ESP|1936}}||Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 35' 11"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 31
| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || {{flagathlete|[[Robert Zimmermann (cyclist)|Robert Zimmermann]]|SUI}}||Switzerland ||align=right| +2h 44' 23"
| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Zimmermann (cyclist)|Robert Zimmermann]]|SUI}}||Switzerland || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 44' 23"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 32
| style="text-align:center;"| 32 || {{flagathlete|[[Pierre Cloarec]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +2h 46' 06"
| {{flagathlete|[[Pierre Cloarec]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 46' 06"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 33
| style="text-align:center;"| 33 || {{flagathlete|[[Antoon Van Schendel]]|NED}}||Netherlands ||align=right| +2h 53' 14"
| {{flagathlete|[[Antoon Van Schendel]]|NED}}||Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 53' 14"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 34
| style="text-align:center;"| 34 || {{flagathlete|[[Gabriel Dubois]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +3h 11' 32"
| {{flagathlete|[[Gabriel Dubois]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 11' 32"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 35
| style="text-align:center;"| 35 || {{flagathlete|[[Jean Goujon (cyclist)|Jean Goujon]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +3h 19' 16"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Goujon (cyclist)|Jean Goujon]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 19' 16"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 36
| style="text-align:center;"| 36 || {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Romanatti]]|ITA|1861}}||Italy ||align=right| +3h 19' 29"
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Romanatti]]|ITA|1861}}||Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 19' 29"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 37
| style="text-align:center;"| 37 || {{flagathlete|[[Heinz Wengler]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany ||align=right| +3h 28' 04"
| {{flagathlete|[[Heinz Wengler]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 28' 04"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 38
| style="text-align:center;"| 38 || {{flagathlete|[[François Neuens]]|LUX}}||Luxembourg ||align=right| +3h 32' 10"
| {{flagathlete|[[François Neuens]]|LUX}}||Luxembourg || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 32' 10"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 39
| style="text-align:center;"| 39 || {{flagathlete|[[René Pedroli]]|SUI}}||Switzerland ||align=right| +4h 02' 48"
| {{flagathlete|[[René Pedroli]]|SUI}}||Switzerland || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 02' 48"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 40
| style="text-align:center;"| 40 || {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Lemarie]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +4h 08' 12"
| {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Lemarié]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 08' 12"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 41
| style="text-align:center;"| 41 || {{flagathlete|[[Otto Weckerling]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany ||align=right| +4h 19' 08"
| {{flagathlete|[[Otto Weckerling]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 19' 08"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 42
| style="text-align:center;"| 42 || {{flagathlete|[[Bruno Carini]]|FRA}}||Individual ||align=right| +4h 27' 42"
| {{flagathlete|[[Bruno Carini]]|FRA}}||Individual || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 27' 42"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 43
| style="text-align:center;"| 43 || {{flagathlete|[[Herbert Hauswald]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany ||align=right| +5h 03' 09"
| {{flagathlete|[[Herbert Hauswald]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany || style="text-align:right;" | + 5h 03' 09"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 44
| style="text-align:center;"| 44 || {{flagathlete|[[Emile Gamard]]|FRA}}||France ||align=right| +5h 52' 42"
| {{flagathlete|[[Émile Gamard]]|FRA}}||France || style="text-align:right;" | + 5h 52' 42"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 45
| style="text-align:center;"| 45 || {{flagathlete|[[Reinhold Wendel]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany ||align=right| +6h 15' 29"
| {{flagathlete|[[Reinhold Wendel]]|GER|Nazi}}||Germany || style="text-align:right;" | + 6h 15' 29"
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 46
| style="text-align:center;"| 46 || {{flagathlete|[[Aloïs Klensch]]|LUX}}||Luxembourg ||align=right| +6h 39' 25"
| {{flagathlete|[[Aloïs Klensch]]|LUX}}||Luxembourg || style="text-align:right;" | + 6h 39' 25"
|}
|}


===Final team classification===
===Mountains classification===

The [[team classification]] was calculated in 1937 by adding up the times of the best three cyclists of a team; the team with the least time was the winner.
{{columns-start}}
The time for the Spanish team, which finished with only two cyclists, was calculated by adding the time of the final rider in the general classification, plus one hour penalty time.

{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Team classification (1–6)<ref name="veloarchive">{{cite web|url=http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1937.php|title=1937: Lapébie wins after the Belgians withdraw|author=Tom James|date=15 August 2003|accessdate=5 October 2009}}</ref><ref name="elmgen">{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1937/07/26/pagina-1/1391727/pdf.html|title=Roger Lapebie y Francia inscriben sus nombres en el palmarés|language=Spanish|date=26 July 1937|publisher=El mundo deportivo|page=1|accessdate=2009-10-05}}</ref>
|+Mountains in the mountains classification<ref name="mdc1937"/>{{sfn|Augendre|2016|pp=175–192}}
|-
|-
!Stage!! scope="col" | Rider!!Height!!Mountain range
!Rank!!Team!!Time
! scope="col" | Winner
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 4
|style="text-align:center;"|1 || {{FRA}} ||align=right| 418h 36' 28"
|[[Col du Ballon d'Alsace|Ballon d'Alsace]]||{{convert|1178|m|ft}}||Vosges||Erich Bautz
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 6
|style="text-align:center;"|2 || {{flagcountry|ITA|1861}} ||align=right| +2h 54' 18"
|[[Col des Aravis|Aravis]]||{{convert|1498|m|ft}}||Alps||Gino Bartali
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 6
|style="text-align:center;"|3 || {{flagcountry|GER|Nazi}} ||align=right| +3h 12' 22"
|[[Col de Tamié|Tamié]]||{{convert|920|m|ft}}||Alps||Félicien Vervaecke
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 7
|style="text-align:center;"|4 || {{SUI}} ||align=right| +3h 57' 35"
|[[Col du Galibier|Galibier]]||{{convert|2556|m|ft}}||Alps||Gino Bartali
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 8
|style="text-align:center;"|5 || {{flagcountry|ESP|1935}} ||align=right| +10h 04' 07"
|[[Côte de Laffrey|Laffrey]]||{{convert|900|m|ft}}||Alps||Gino Bartali
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 9
|style="text-align:center;"|6 || {{LUX}} ||align=right| +10h 42' 01"
|[[Col d'Izoard|Izoard]]||{{convert|2361|m|ft}}||Alps||Julián Berrendero
|}
The Belgian, Dutch, and British-Canadian teams did not finish with two or more cyclists, so they were not eligible for the team classification.

===Mountains classification===
For the mountain classification, 17 mountains were selected by the Tour organisation:
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Mountains in the 1937 mountains classification<ref name="mdc1937"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 9
!Stage!!Name!!Height!!Mountain range<ref name="guide2">{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_08.pdf|format=PDF|authorlink=Jacques Augendre|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|year=2009|accessdate=19 January 2010|language=French|title=Guide Historique, part 8}}</ref>
|[[Col de Vars|Vars]]||{{convert|2110|m|ft}}||Alps||Edward Vissers
!Winner
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 9
|4||[[Col du Ballon d'Alsace|Ballon d'Alsace]]||{{convert|1178|m|ft}}||Vosges||Erich Bautz
|[[Col d'Allos|Allos]]||{{convert|2250|m|ft}}||Alps||Mario Vicini
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 10
|6||[[Col des Aravis|Aravis]]||{{convert|1498|m|ft}}||Alps||Gino Bartali
|[[Col de Braus|Braus]]||{{convert|1002|m|ft}}||Alps-Maritimes||Félicien Vervaecke
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 10
|6||[[Col de Tamié|Tamié]]||{{convert|920|m|ft}}||Alps||Félicien Vervaecke
|[[Col de La Turbie|La Turbie]]||{{convert|555|m|ft}}||Alps-Maritimes||Henri Puppo
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 14b
|7||[[Col du Galibier|Galibier]]||{{convert|2556|m|ft}}||Alps||Gino Bartali
|[[Col de Puymorens|Puymorens]]||{{convert|1920|m|ft}}||Pyrenees||Julián Berrendero
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 14c
|8||[[Côte de Laffrey|Laffrey]]||{{convert|900|m|ft}}||Alps||Gino Bartali
|[[Col de Port|Port]]||{{convert|1249|m|ft}}||Pyrenees||Julián Berrendero
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 14c
|9||[[Col d'Izoard|Izoard ]]||{{convert|2361|m|ft}}||Alps||Julián Berrendero
|[[Col de Portet d'Aspet|Portet d'Aspet]]||{{convert|1069|m|ft}}||Pyrenees||Julián Berrendero
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 15
|9||[[Col de Vars|Vars]]||{{convert|2110|m|ft}}||Alps||Edward Vissers
|[[Col de Peyresourde|Peyresourde]]||{{convert|1569|m|ft}}||Pyrenees||Julián Berrendero
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 15
|9||[[Col d'Allos|Allos]]||{{convert|2250|m|ft}}||Alps||Mario Vicini
|[[Col d'Aspin|Aspin]]||{{convert|1489|m|ft}}||Pyrenees||Julián Berrendero
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 15
|10||[[Col de Braus|Braus]]||{{convert|1002|m|ft}}||Alps-Maritimes||Félicien Vervaecke
|[[Col du Tourmalet|Tourmalet]]||{{convert|2115|m|ft}}||Pyrenees||Julián Berrendero
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 15
|10||[[Col de La Turbie|La Turbie]]||{{convert|555|m|ft}}||Alps-Maritimes||Henri Puppo
|[[Col d'Aubisque|Aubisque]]||{{convert|1709|m|ft}}||Pyrenees||Mario Vicini
|}

{{column}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final mountains classification (1–10)<ref name="mdc1937"/><ref name="tgv">{{cite web|url=http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net/|title=Tour-giro-vuelta|access-date=14 January 2010|author=Michiel van Lonkhuyzen}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4629958w/f3.item|page=3|title=Le tableau d'honneur des grimpeurs du Tour|language=fr|date=21 July 1937|publisher=[[L'Auto]] No 13363}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Rider!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Points
|14B||[[Col de Puymorens|Puymorens]]||{{convert|1920|m|ft}}||Pyrénées||Julián Berrendero
|-
|-
! scope="row" |1
|14C||[[Col de Port|Port]]||{{convert|1249|m|ft}}||Pyrénées||Julián Berrendero
| {{flagathlete|[[Félicien Vervaecke]]|BEL}}||Belgium|| style="text-align:right;" | 114
|-
|-
! scope="row" |2
|14C||[[Col de Portet d'Aspet|Portet d'Aspet]]||{{convert|1069|m|ft}}||Pyrénées||Julián Berrendero
| {{flagathlete|[[Mario Vicini]]|ITA|1861}}||Individual{{efn|name=Vicini}} || style="text-align:right;" | 96
|-
|-
! scope="row" |3
|15||[[Col de Peyresourde|Peyresourde]]||{{convert|1569|m|ft}}||Pyrénées||Julián Berrendero
| {{flagathlete|[[Sylvère Maes]]|BEL}}||Belgium|| style="text-align:right;" | 90
|-
|-
! scope="row" |4
|15||[[Col d'Aspin|Aspin]]||{{convert|1489|m|ft}}||Pyrénées||Yvon Marie
| {{flagathlete|[[Julián Berrendero]]|ESP|1936}}||Spain|| style="text-align:right;" | 75
|-
|-
! scope="row" |5
|15||[[Col du Tourmalet|Tourmalet]]||{{convert|2115|m|ft}}||Pyrénées||Sylvère Maes
| {{flagathlete|[[Ward Vissers]]|BEL}}||Individual|| style="text-align:right;" | 66
|-
|-
! scope="row" |6
|15||[[Col d'Aubisque|Aubisque ]]||{{convert|1709|m|ft}}||Pyrénées||Sylvère Maes
| {{flagathlete|[[Jules Lowie]]|BEL}}||Belgium|| style="text-align:right;" | 57
|-
! scope="row" |7
| {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA|1861}}||Italy|| style="text-align:right;" | 50
|-
! scope="row" |7
| {{flagathlete|[[Pierre Gallien]]|FRA}}||Touriste-routier|| style="text-align:right;" | 50
|-
! scope="row" |9
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcel Kint]]|BEL}}||Belgium|| style="text-align:right;" | 29
|-
! scope="row" |10
| {{flagathlete|[[Fédérico Ezquerra]]|ESP|1936}}||Spain|| style="text-align:right;" | 27
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After the last mountain in the fifteenth stage, the [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|mountains classification]] in 1937 was won by [[Félicien Vervaecke]]. Vervaecke did not finish the Tour, but in 1937 that was not needed to win the mountains classification.
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|+ Mountains classification (1–5)<ref name="mdc1937"/><ref name="tgv">{{cite web|url=http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net/|title=Tour-giro-vuelta|accessdate=14 January 2010|author=Michiel van Lonkhuyzen}}</ref>
===Team classification===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final team classification (1–6)<ref name="veloarchive">{{cite web|url=http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1937.php|title=1937: Lapébie wins after the Belgians withdraw|author=Tom James|date=15 August 2003|access-date=5 October 2009}}</ref><ref name="elmgen">{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1937/07/26/MD19370726-001.pdf|title=Roger Lapebie y Francia inscriben sus nombres en el palmarés|language=es|date=26 July 1937|work=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325034604/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1937/07/26/MD19370726-001.pdf|archive-date=25 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Time
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|-
! scope="row" |1
|style="text-align:center;"|1 || {{flagathlete|[[Félicien Vervaecke]]|BEL}}||Belgium||align=right| 114
| France || style="text-align:right;" | 418h 36' 28"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |2
|style="text-align:center;"|2 || {{flagathlete|[[Mario Vicini]]|ITA|1861}}||Individual<ref name="Vicini"/> ||align=right| 96
| Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 54' 18"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |3
|style="text-align:center;"|3 || {{flagathlete|[[Sylvère Maes]]|BEL}}||Belgium||align=right| 90
| Germany || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 12' 22"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |4
|style="text-align:center;"|4 || {{flagathlete|[[Julián Berrendero]]|ESP}}||Spain||align=right| 75
| Switzerland || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 57' 35"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |5
|style="text-align:center;"|5 || {{flagathlete|[[Ward Vissers]]|BEL}}||Individual||align=right| 66
| Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 10h 04' 07"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |6
| Luxembourg || style="text-align:right;" | + 10h 42' 01"
|}
|}


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
The riders in the individual category had performed very well in the 1937 Tour de France; the second-placed cyclist in the general classification had started in the individuals category, as were in total twelve cyclists in the top twenty.<ref name="Gann"/> Still, the category was removed after 1937.
The riders in the individual category had performed very well in the 1937 Tour de France; the second-placed cyclist in the general classification had started in the individuals category, as were in total twelve cyclists in the top twenty.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=132–139}} Still, the category was removed after 1937.

==Notes==
==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|author-link=Jacques Augendre|url=http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|title=Guide historique|trans-title=Historical guide|year=2016|language=fr|access-date=27 October 2016|work=[[Tour de France]]|location=Paris|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book|last1=McGann|first1=Bill|last2=McGann|first2=Carol|title=The Story of the Tour de France: 1903–1964|volume=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC|publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|location=Indianapolis|year=2006|isbn=978-1-59858-180-5}}
* {{cite book|last1=Nauright|first1=John|last2=Parrish|first2=Charles|title=Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice|volume=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC|year=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=978-1-59884-300-2}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Mapping Le Tour|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|location=Glasgow|year=2014|pages=84–85|isbn=9780007543991|oclc=872700415}}

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1937 Tour de France
Route of the 1937 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Paris
Route of the 1937 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Paris
Race details
Dates30 June – 25 July 1937
Stages20, including eight split stages
Distance4,415 km (2,743 mi)
Winning time138h 58' 31"
Results
Winner  Roger Lapébie (FRA) (France)
  Second  Mario Vicini (ITA) (Individual[a])
  Third  Léo Amberg (SUI) (Switzerland)
  Mountains  Félicien Vervaecke (BEL) (Belgium)
  Team France
← 1936
1938 →

The 1937 Tour de France was the 31st edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July. It consisted of 20 stages with a total length of 4,415 km (2,743 mi).

Charles Holland and Bill Burl became the first British cyclists to ride the Tour. Burl lasted only two stages, but Holland rode well until he was eliminated on stage 14c after mechanical problems.[1] The British Empire was also represented by the only non-European in the Tour: Canadian Pierre Gachon, who never completed the first stage. The complete Belgian team (including 1936 and 1939 winner Sylvère Maes) withdraw from the race because of "French chauvinism". Complaints from the Belgian team included of French spectators throwing stones at the Belgian team, closing train crossings, and throwing pepper in the eyes, and being punished unreasonable strictly (adding extra time in the standing) while French riders were hardly punished at all while being helped.

The race was won by French cyclist Roger Lapébie.

Innovations and changes

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The Tours from 1903 to 1936 had all been organised by Henri Desgrange, but during the 1936 Tour de France he had to stop for health reasons, and Jacques Goddet took over. The Tour in 1937 was the first Tour where Goddet was in charge, and one of the first rules that he changed was to allow gear changes.[2][3] Each team had its own car with extra material to help with mechanical problems.[2]

Teams

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of teams and cyclists in the 1937 Tour de France.

The Italian team, that had been absent from the 1936 Tour de France, returned in 1937, after Benito Mussolini removed their boycott of the Tour, and selected new star Gino Bartali, who had won the 1936 and 1937 Giro d'Italia, as the Italian team leader.[1][4] The Italian team had 10 cyclists, just as the Belgian, German and French teams. There were also small teams of six cyclists: the Spanish, Dutch, Luxembourgian and Swiss teams. The last national team was the Great Britain-Canada team, consisting of two British cyclists and one Canadian.[5]

The French team included Roger Lapébie. Lapébie had had a difficult relation with Desgrange. This had caused Lapébie to be out of the national team in 1935, and completely absent from the Tour in 1936. In 1937, Desgrange had retired, and Lapébie was back. In the month before the Tour started, Lapébie had undergone surgery for a lumbar hernia, and there were doubts about his form.[3]

There were also 31 cyclists riding as individuals.[2] These individuals were responsible for their own food and accommodation.[3]

The teams entering the race were:

  • Belgium
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • France
  • Spain
  • Netherlands
  • Luxembourg
  • Switzerland
  • Great Britain/Canada

Route and stages

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Stage 19b was an individual time trial, stages 5b, 11b and 18a were team time trials, although the victory was still given the cyclist who crossed the line first. At the start of the Tour, it was also the intention to run stages 12b, 13b, 14b and 17b as time trials,[6] but during the Tour the organisation changed the format. The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,556 m (8,386 ft) at the summit tunnel of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 7.[7][8]

Stage characteristics and winners[2][9][10][11]
Stage Date Course Distance Type[b] Winner
1 30 June Paris to Lille 263 km (163 mi) Plain stage  Jean Majerus (LUX)
2 1 July Lille to Charleville 192 km (119 mi) Plain stage  Maurice Archambaud (FRA)
3 2 July Charleville to Metz 161 km (100 mi) Plain stage  Walter Generati (ITA)
4 3 July Metz to Belfort 220 km (140 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Erich Bautz (GER)
5a 4 July Belfort to Lons-le-Saunier 175 km (109 mi) Plain stage  Henri Puppo (FRA)
5b Lons-le-Saunier to Champagnole 34 km (21 mi) Team time trial  Sylvère Maes (BEL)
5c Champagnole to Geneva 93 km (58 mi) Plain stage  Leo Amberg (SUI)
5 July Geneva Rest day
6 6 July Geneva to Aix-les-Bains 180 km (110 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Gustaaf Deloor (BEL)
7 7 July Aix-les-Bains to Grenoble 228 km (142 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Gino Bartali (ITA)
8 8 July Grenoble to Briançon 194 km (121 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Otto Weckerling (GER)
9 9 July Briançon to Digne 220 km (140 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Roger Lapébie (FRA)
10 July Digne Rest day
10 11 July Digne to Nice 251 km (156 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Félicien Vervaecke (BEL)
12 July Nice Rest day
11a 13 July Nice to Toulon 169 km (105 mi) Plain stage  Éloi Meulenberg (BEL)
11b Toulon to Marseille 65 km (40 mi) Team time trial  Gustaaf Danneels (BEL)
12a 14 July Marseille to Nîmes 112 km (70 mi) Plain stage  Alphonse Antoine (FRA)
12b Nîmes to Montpellier 51 km (32 mi) Plain stage  René Pedroli (SUI)
13a 15 July Montpellier to Narbonne 103 km (64 mi) Plain stage  Francesco Camusso (ITA)
13b Narbonne to Perpignan 63 km (39 mi) Plain stage  Éloi Meulenberg (BEL)
16 July Perpignan Rest day
14a 17 July Perpignan to Bourg-Madame 99 km (62 mi) Plain stage  Éloi Meulenberg (BEL)
14b Bourg-Madame to Ax-les-Thermes 59 km (37 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Mariano Cañardo (ESP)
14c Ax-les-Thermes to Luchon 167 km (104 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Éloi Meulenberg (BEL)
18 July Luchon Rest day
15 19 July Luchon to Pau 194 km (121 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Julián Berrendero (ESP)
22 July Pau Rest day
16 21 July Pau to Bordeaux 235 km (146 mi) Plain stage  Paul Chocque (FRA)
17a 22 July Bordeaux to Royan 123 km (76 mi) Plain stage  Erich Bautz (GER)
17b Royan to Saintes 37 km (23 mi) Plain stage  Adolph Braeckeveldt (BEL)
 Heinz Wengler (GER)[c]
17c Saintes to La Rochelle 67 km (42 mi) Plain stage  Roger Lapébie (FRA)
18a 23 July La Rochelle to La Roche-sur-Yon 82 km (51 mi) Team time trial  Roger Lapébie (FRA)
18b La Roche-sur-Yon to Rennes 172 km (107 mi) Plain stage  Paul Chocque (FRA)
19a 24 July Rennes to Vire 114 km (71 mi) Plain stage  Raymond Passat (FRA)
19b Vire to Caen 59 km (37 mi) Individual time trial  Leo Amberg (SUI)
20 25 July Caen to Paris 234 km (145 mi) Plain stage  Edward Vissers (BEL)
Total 4,415 km (2,743 mi)[12]

Race overview

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Main articles: 1937 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12b and 1937 Tour de France, Stage 13a to Stage 20
A man holding a prize cup
Roger Lapébie being honoured for his general classification win in the 1937 Tour in Paris

German Erich Bautz took the lead after the fourth stage, thanks to the bonification system that could give the winner of a stage some minutes bonification time.[1] In the seventh stage, Bartali took the stage victory, and with that the lead in the general classification. He was nine minutes ahead of Ward Vissers, and that could just be enough for the Tour victory.[1] On the eighth stage, Bartali could not avoid his teammate Jules Rossi who crashed right in front of him, and Bartali fell into a river.[3][4] He got up and was able to finish the stage. He lost 10 minutes and kept the lead, but in the next stage he lost more than twenty minutes, and in the twelfth stage he gave up.[1]

In the ninth stage, Sylvère Maes took over the lead, closely followed by Mario Vicini and Roger Lapébie. At that point, the French team was already down to six cyclists. These six cyclists had a meeting, and decided that Lapébie would be the team leader, as the rest of the team was already to far behind to have any chance for the final victory.[3]

Before the start of the fifteenth stage, Lapébie found out that the frame of his bicycle had been sabotaged,[13] causing his handlebars to break off.[4] Lapébie made quick repairs and just made it to the start of the stage, but his newly constructed bicycle did not have a water holder, and he had to start the stage without water.[3] This demotivated him, and Lapébie began losing time early in the stage. That stage included four mountains, and on top of the second mountain Lapébie was already five minutes behind, and wanted to give up. A teammate inspired him to go on, and Lapébie started to win back time. When Maes punctured, Lapébie was able to reach him, and at the end of the stage only Julián Berrendero was in front of them, and Lapébie won the sprint for the second place.[14] This rewarded him with 45 seconds bonification time. When the tour directors gave him 90 seconds penalty time for having been pushed, the margin with Maes grew to more than three minutes, but Lapébie had sensed weakness in the Belgian team, and planned to attack in the next stage.[4] The Belgian team complained that the penalty was far too little, because Lapébie's advantage had been much more. The French team threatened to abandon the race if the penalty would be increased, and the Tour direction did not change the penalty.[3]

In the sixteenth stage Lapébie finished ahead of Maes, and cut the margin down to only 25 seconds, but with only flat stage that could be enough for Maes.[1] During that sixteenth stage, Maes had punctured, and had been help by two Belgian cyclists, Gustaaf Deloor and Adolf Braeckeveldt.[15] However, these Belgian cyclists rode as "individuals", and were not part of the Belgian team. The Tour jury then fined Maes with 15 seconds penalty time in the general classification. During the race, a train crossing had been closed just after Lapébie had passed, and just before Maes was about to pass.[3] Maes was offended by all this, and quit the race, together with the rest of the Belgian team.[1] From that point on, it was easy for Lapébie to secure his victory.

Classification leadership and minor prizes

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The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the general classification. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey. Leo Amberg became the first Swiss cyclist to reach the podium of the general classification in the Tour de France.[2]

For the mountains classification, 17 mountains were selected by the Tour organisation. After the last mountain in the fifteenth stage, the classification was won by Félicien Vervaecke. Vervaecke did not finish the Tour, but in 1937 that was not needed to win the mountains classification.

The team classification was calculated in 1937 by adding up the times of the best three cyclists of a team; the team with the least time was the winner. The time for the Spanish team, which finished with only two cyclists, was calculated by adding the time of the final rider in the general classification, plus one hour penalty time. The Belgian, Dutch, and British-Canadian teams did not finish with two or more cyclists, so they were not eligible for the team classification.

Classification leadership by stage[16]
Stage Winner General classification
 Mountains classification[d] Classification for individuals Team classification
1 Jean Majerus Jean Majerus no award Adolphe Braeckeveldt Luxembourg
2 Maurice Archambaud France
3 Walter Generati Marcel Kint Belgium
4 Erich Bautz Erich Bautz Erich Bautz Germany
5a Henri Puppo Luxembourg
5b Sylvère Maes
5c Leo Amberg
6 Gustaaf Deloor Gino Bartali Belgium
7 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali France
8 Otto Weckerling
9 Roger Lapébie Sylvère Maes Félicien Vervaecke Mario Vicini Belgium
10 Félicien Vervaecke
11a Éloi Meulenberg
11b Gustaaf Danneels
12a Alphonse Antoine
12b René Pedroli
13a Francesco Camusso
13b Éloi Meulenberg
14a Éloi Meulenberg
14b Mariano Cañardo
14c Éloi Meulenberg
15 Julián Berrendero
16 Paul Chocque
17a Erich Bautz Roger Lapébie France
17b Adolph Braeckeveldt
Heinz Wengler[c]
17c Roger Lapébie
18a Roger Lapébie
18b Paul Chocque
19a Raymond Passat
19b Leo Amberg
20 Edward Vissers
Final Roger Lapébie Félicien Vervaecke Mario Vicini France

Final standings

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General classification

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Final general classification (1–10)[18]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Roger Lapébie (FRA) France 138h 58' 31"
2  Mario Vicini (ITA) Individual[a] + 7' 17"
3  Leo Amberg (SUI) Switzerland + 26' 13"
4  Francesco Camusso (ITA) Italy + 26' 53"
5  Sylvain Marcaillou (FRA) France + 35' 36"
6  Edouard Vissers (BEL) Individual + 38' 13"
7  Paul Chocque (FRA) France + 1h 05' 19"
8  Pierre Gallien (FRA) Individual + 1h 06' 33"
9  Erich Bautz (GER) Germany + 1h 06' 41"
10  Jean Frechaut (FRA) Individual + 1h 24' 34"

Mountains classification

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Mountains in the mountains classification[2][19]
Stage Rider Height Mountain range Winner
4 Ballon d'Alsace 1,178 metres (3,865 ft) Vosges Erich Bautz
6 Aravis 1,498 metres (4,915 ft) Alps Gino Bartali
6 Tamié 920 metres (3,020 ft) Alps Félicien Vervaecke
7 Galibier 2,556 metres (8,386 ft) Alps Gino Bartali
8 Laffrey 900 metres (3,000 ft) Alps Gino Bartali
9 Izoard 2,361 metres (7,746 ft) Alps Julián Berrendero
9 Vars 2,110 metres (6,920 ft) Alps Edward Vissers
9 Allos 2,250 metres (7,380 ft) Alps Mario Vicini
10 Braus 1,002 metres (3,287 ft) Alps-Maritimes Félicien Vervaecke
10 La Turbie 555 metres (1,821 ft) Alps-Maritimes Henri Puppo
14b Puymorens 1,920 metres (6,300 ft) Pyrenees Julián Berrendero
14c Port 1,249 metres (4,098 ft) Pyrenees Julián Berrendero
14c Portet d'Aspet 1,069 metres (3,507 ft) Pyrenees Julián Berrendero
15 Peyresourde 1,569 metres (5,148 ft) Pyrenees Julián Berrendero
15 Aspin 1,489 metres (4,885 ft) Pyrenees Julián Berrendero
15 Tourmalet 2,115 metres (6,939 ft) Pyrenees Julián Berrendero
15 Aubisque 1,709 metres (5,607 ft) Pyrenees Mario Vicini
Final mountains classification (1–10)[2][20][21]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Félicien Vervaecke (BEL) Belgium 114
2  Mario Vicini (ITA) Individual[a] 96
3  Sylvère Maes (BEL) Belgium 90
4  Julián Berrendero (ESP) Spain 75
5  Ward Vissers (BEL) Individual 66
6  Jules Lowie (BEL) Belgium 57
7  Gino Bartali (ITA) Italy 50
7  Pierre Gallien (FRA) Touriste-routier 50
9  Marcel Kint (BEL) Belgium 29
10  Fédérico Ezquerra (ESP) Spain 27

Team classification

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Final team classification (1–6)[1][22]
Rank Team Time
1 France 418h 36' 28"
2 Italy + 2h 54' 18"
3 Germany + 3h 12' 22"
4 Switzerland + 3h 57' 35"
5 Spain + 10h 04' 07"
6 Luxembourg + 10h 42' 01"

Aftermath

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The riders in the individual category had performed very well in the 1937 Tour de France; the second-placed cyclist in the general classification had started in the individuals category, as were in total twelve cyclists in the top twenty.[3] Still, the category was removed after 1937.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Vicini had started as an individual, but was added to the Italian team after stage 18a.
  2. ^ The icons shown here indicate whether the stage was run as a time trial, the stage was flat or the stage included mountains for the mountains classification.
  3. ^ a b Braeckeveldt and Wengler were both declared winner of stage 17b, and split the bonification time.
  4. ^ No jersey was awarded to the leader of the mountains classification until a white jersey with red polka dots was introduced in 1975.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Tom James (15 August 2003). "1937: Lapébie wins after the Belgians withdraw". Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "31ème Tour de France 1937" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i McGann & McGann 2006, pp. 132–139.
  4. ^ a b c d Barry Boyce (2004). "1937- Tour Provides Great Racing Drama". Top 25 All Time Tours. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
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  6. ^ "La grande aventure commence... En selle pour 4.410 kilometres!". Le Petit Parisien (in French). Gallica. 30 June 1937. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  7. ^ Augendre 2016, pp. 177–178.
  8. ^ "De Ronde van Frankrijk" [The Tour de France]. De Gooi- en Eemlander (in Dutch). 7 July 1937. p. 10 – via Delpher.
  9. ^ Augendre 2016, p. 35.
  10. ^ Arian Zwegers. "Tour de France GC top ten". CVCC. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  11. ^ "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1937 – The stage winners". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  12. ^ Augendre 2016, p. 108.
  13. ^ "The Tour - Year 1937". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  14. ^ "31ème Tour de France 1937 - 15ème étape" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  15. ^ "31ème Tour de France 1937 - 16ème étape" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  16. ^ van den Akker, Pieter. "Informatie over de Tour de France van 1937" [Information about the Tour de France from 1937]. TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  17. ^ Nauright & Parrish 2012, p. 454.
  18. ^ a b "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1937 – Stage 20 Caen > Paris". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  19. ^ Augendre 2016, pp. 175–192.
  20. ^ Michiel van Lonkhuyzen. "Tour-giro-vuelta". Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  21. ^ "Le tableau d'honneur des grimpeurs du Tour" (in French). L'Auto No 13363. 21 July 1937. p. 3.
  22. ^ "Roger Lapebie y Francia inscriben sus nombres en el palmarés" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 26 July 1937. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2019.

Bibliography

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Further reading

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